Game appliance



March 7, 1933.

R. .1. CHAPPELL GAME APPLIANCE Filed June 25, 1950 R. J ifi/ENTQR ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES REGINALD J. CHAIPPELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YOR K GAME APPLIANCE Application filed June 25,

This invention relates to game appliances and more particularly to a device for holding poker chips and the like.

In playing the game of poker or any other game wherein chips are used by the players it is well known that the practice of stacking the chips in piles on top of the table is unsatisfactory because the players constantly knock the piles over and one is continuously picking his chips off the floor.

The object of this invention is to provide a holder for the chips which may be clamped to the table in front of each player, and which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture and very efiicient in operation.

Another object of the device is to provide a holder which will have separate compartments for the different colored chips and which will have means for easy insertion and withdrawal of the chips.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangement of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which latter shows embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is an end view. 7

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device looking fromthe rear.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

Referring now more particularly to said drawing, the device includes a U-shaped bracket 5, constructed of'any suitable sheet metal. The upper portion 6 of the bracket,- shaped substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, fits over the top of any card table 7, the bracket being secured to the under side of said table by means of {a clamping screw 8 50 having a swivel jaw member 9. An inter- 1930. Serial 110.469.1251.

nally threaded aperture 10 in the lower or tongue portion 11 of the bracket 5 receives the clamping screw 8. A reinforcing plate 12 is secured to the under side of said tongue portion 11 in order to provide a greater surface for the threads of said clamping screw to grip upon.

The chips are held in a plurality of chip holders 13 which are secured to the front of the bracket 5, as indicated in Fig. 2 in any so desired manner, as for instance by welding or soldering. In order to provide additional rigidity the chip holders 13 may also be welded or soldered to each other at the points of contact 14. Each chip holder is 5 preferably constructed from a piece of fiat sheet metal bent into a cylindrical shape, with a slotted portion 15 formed at the front thereof and an undercut portion'16 at the bottom thereof in order that the chips may be readily withdrawn from the bottom of the pile. The chip holder is provided with a bottom 17 having a circular finger-receiving opening 18 therein as well as an opening 19 in the front thereof, as indicated in Fig. 2, the latter opening 19 serving to expose the contents of the chip holder.

Each player of a game wherein chips are required may have one of the devices clamped to the table directly in front of him, '80 the different colored chips being placed in the several holders. As a chip is required it may readily be drawn out through the bottom as previously described.

The hereinbefore described construction'ss admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore, it is the wish not to be limited to the precise arrangements shown and described, which are as aforesaid, by way of illustration 9o merely. In other words the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claim, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

WVhat is claimed as new is:

A poker chip holder comprising a cylinder provided with means for supporting the same to make access to the bottom possible, said cylinder being open at the top and hav- 7 ing a bottom wall slotted radially inward 1'00 past the center and provided with a slot extending throughout the length of the cylindrical Wall, the center lines of the slots in the bottom and cylindrical Walls lying in a common plane, said cylinder being slotted next to the bottom Wall and in crossing relation to the slot in the cylindrical Wall, the slot adjacent the bottom wall extending for at least half the interior diameter of the cylinder and being of a Width greater than one but less than two poker chips.

In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my signature.

REGINALD J. CHAPPELL. 

